Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus
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These eight comedies comprise the most extensive collection of Ludvig Holberg plays ever offered in the English language. The translators’ general introductions establish a cultural context for the comedies and break new ground in understanding the importance of Holberg’s comic aesthetic. Argetsinger’s extensive experience in theatre and Rossel’s preeminence as a Scandinavian Studies scholar assure that the translations are not only accurate but stage-worthy. The collection opens with The Political Tinker, the first Danish play to be produced in the new Danish Theatre, and ends with The Burial...
Chapters (101)
- COMEDIES BY HOLBERG
- INTRODUCTION
- JEPPE OF THE HILL OR THE TRANSFORMED PEASANT [JEPPE PAA BIERGET]
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE
- ACT I
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- SCENE 8
- ACT II
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- ACT III
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- ACT IV
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- ACT V
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6, EPILOGUE
- THE POLITICAL TINKER
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE
- ACT I
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- ACT II
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- ACT III
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- ACT IV
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- SCENE 8
- SCENE 9
- SCENE 10
- ACT V
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- ACT FIFTH
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- SCENE 8
- SCENE 9
- SCENE 10
- SCENE 11
- ERASMUS MONTANUS OR RASMUS BERG
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE
- ACT I
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- ACT II
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- ACT III
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- ACT IV
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
- SCENE 6
- SCENE 7
- ACT V
- SCENE 2
- SCENE 3
- SCENE 4
- SCENE 5
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